Reconstruction:Middle Irish/caóc

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• các

Noun

*caóc f

1. jackdaw

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: cág
• Manx: caaig
• Scottish Gaelic: cadhag, cathag

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
caóc	chaóc	caóc pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language